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B. LIBERMAN.

MEANS FOR BUNCHING CIGARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJQ. I9IB.

1,318,777. I Patented 0G1}. 14,1919.

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' INVENTOR 60m WM MQM fi ATTORNEY BERNARD LIBERMAN, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

MEANS FOR BUN 'CHING CIGARS.-

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

' Patented 065.14, 1919.

hpplicationfiledAugust 19, 1918.. Seria1 Iva 250,443.

operator and without waste of material, also method and means forsecuring, with the minimum waste of timeand material, the binder ofdesired length with respect to the length of the bunch and so that the,b nder will have the desired amount of overlap at each end of the bunch.That, is to say, so that the margin of the binder shall extend arequired distance beyond each end of the bunch, and means whereby thebunch and binder 'measuring means are simultaneously adjusted. The saidimprovements are equally applicable to tapered bunches, and t straightbunches. r

The present invention comprlses modification and improvement in theinvention de scribed in my co-pending application Serial No. 249,934:filed August 15th, 1918.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate, merely by way of example,suitable means for the embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a bunching table having beveled sidestripscontaming my improvements. h

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view In perspective of the strip extension.

Fig. 3 is a section on 111163, 3 of F ig. 1. s

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary view in perspec' tive of a table showingstraight guides.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5, 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary View of the end extension of a straight strip.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As explained in the said co-pending application the side guides orforming strips 7 are adjustably secured by means of the nuts 8 and slots9,'to the punching table 10 and are adapted to flank the'bunching apron11. These strips 7 form a continuation of the apron surface at each sidethereof, for giving the required taper to the bunch rolled thereon.Thewidth of the forming strips and the, degree of inclination are madeto correspond to. the length and degree of taper required'for the bunch.These strips may be interchanged withother strips of different dimensionand shape to meet the requirements of the dimension and shape of cigardesired. I

By the present invention the extension 12 of strip 7, which projectsinto the'end of the bunching pocket 13, is provided withthe wall 14which closes thesmaller outer end of the tapered channel 15. This wall14 has a substantial thickness, in the present example about one-eighthinch which results in the following important and useful functions. Inthe first place thesewalls 14 form a definite limit to the length of thebody of filler assembled in the pocket. They prevent 7 portions of thefiller extending beyond the pocket orthe desired length of the bunch.

They eliminate the waste of the operators time in pinching off extendingends and redistributing same within the pocket. They also serveto securea more uniformly filled pocket and consequently a bunch of more evendensity, since in pinching off extending end portions of the filler,portions are liablev to be pulled. out of the bunch therebyleaving openor unfilled spacesin the end thereof. The other advantage is this. .The

binder is measured over theouter margins A of the forming strips 7 andsevered to correspond to'the dimension so measured. As the walls 14: areapproximatelyone-eighth of an inch thick it is obvious that the bunch orbody of filler terminates at each'end an eighth of .an inch within theouterjmargin of strip 7, and'c'on'sequently the binder will extendbeyond each end of the bunch the corresponding distance of one-eighthof'an "inch, or the thickness of the wall 14, thus givingthe desiredoverlap of the binder over I the bunch. This overlap is substantiallyaccurate and constant Without being scant at one time or overfull andwasteful at another.

The adjustment of the strip 7 causes a simultaneous adjustment of themeans for de fining or determining the length of the bunch and the widthof the binder which willalways be relative.

, Where it is desired to form a perfectly straight bunch, that iswithout tapered ends, the bunch is rolled upon the apron entirelybetween the inner margins of the strips 16.

In such case the forming strips are made without bevels, for example, asshown in Figs. 4 and 5. It is also convenient to make them the width ofthe thickness of the wall portion 17 extending into. the pocket 13. Inthis case the wall 17 has its peripheral margin corresponding with thewall of the pocket so that the filler throughout the pocket 13 betweenthe walls 17 at each end thereof is of perfectly straight formation;since the width of strip 16 corresponds to the thickness of wall 17 itfollows that when the width of the binder is measured and determined bythe outer margins of the strips 16, the bunch, which is measured anddeter ined by the distance between the inner faces of walls 17, will beshorter than the binder to the extent of the aggregate thickness of saidwalls and consequently the binder will extend beyond the bunch at eachend a distance corresponding to the thickness of said wall 17. As thebunch is rolled upon the table between strips 16, with the binder aboutit, the binder will be crimped about theends of the bunch by said strips16. This is also a desirable feature.

It will also be understood that the straight strips and beveled stripsmay be used in any desired combination to secure the shape of bunchdesired.

By the use of the method and means herein described it is possible for agirl operator to acquire the art of cigar bunching readily andthoroughly in about one quarter the time that is required by the averageman operator by the methods and means now commonly employed.

Moreover, where a long filler is used in forming the bunch, aconsiderable amount of scrap accumulates in handling the tobacco. Thisscrap cannot readily be utilized in forming the bunch by the methods nowcommonly employed, and therefore has to be disposed of at a substantialloss. By the method and means herein described this scrap may bedistributed in among the long filler in the pocket in forming the bunch,and thus this waste is eliminated.

strip and extension having a straight and continuous upper outer margin.

.2. In combination with a bunching table and a bunching apron,substantially parallel strips flanking the apron and adjustably se curedto the table and having extensions 7 projecting into the bunching pocketto form closures for each end of the pocket.

3. The combination defined in claim 2, in

vwhich the inner closing face of each extension lies in a plane asubstantial distance from the outer margin of said extension.

4. In combination with a bunching table and a bunching apron,substantially parallel strips flanking the apron, and adj ustablysecured to the table and having extensions projecting into the bunchingpocket, said strips having continuous and straight upper outer marginswith their top surfaces inclined from said upper outer marginsdownwardly to their inner margins and to the plane of the upper surfaceof the apron.

5. The combination defined in claim 4, in which the extensions areprovided with tapered pockets with walls closing the outer smaller endsthereof.

6. In combination with a bunching table and a bunching apron, meansadjustable within the bunching pocket for providing definite butadjustable limits for the ends of the filler, and parallel stripsflanking the apron and connected with said adjustable means, havingouter margins separated a substantial distance greater than the distancebetween the limits for the ends of the filler.

7. The combination defined in claim 6, in which the outer margins of thestrips are sufiiciently elevated above the table and sharply defined toprovide means for measuring and severing the binder from the leaf.

BERNARD LIBERMAN.

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